<TABLE> <S> <C>

       
<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND> THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM 
WHITMAN CORPORATION'S CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS
ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO SUCH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
</LEGEND>
<CIK> 0000049573
<NAME> WHITMAN CORPORATION
<MULTIPLIER> 1000

<S>                             <C>
<PERIOD-TYPE>                   YEAR
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          DEC-31-1993
<PERIOD-END>                               DEC-31-1993
<CASH>                                               0
<SECURITIES>                                         0
<RECEIVABLES>                                        0
<ALLOWANCES>                                         0
<INVENTORY>                                          0
<CURRENT-ASSETS>                                     0
<PP&E>                                               0
<DEPRECIATION>                                       0
<TOTAL-ASSETS>                                       0
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES>                                0
<BONDS>                                              0
<PREFERRED-MANDATORY>                                0
<PREFERRED>                                          0
<COMMON>                                             0
<OTHER-SE>                                           0
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY>                         0
<SALES>                                      1,179,600
<TOTAL-REVENUES>                             1,179,600
<CGS>                                          719,000
<TOTAL-COSTS>                                1,025,000<F1>
<OTHER-EXPENSES>                                 4,500
<LOSS-PROVISION>                                     0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE>                              69,000<F2>
<INCOME-PRETAX>                                 81,100
<INCOME-TAX>                                    36,300
<INCOME-CONTINUING>                             29,700<F3>
<DISCONTINUED>                                  62,100<F4>
<EXTRAORDINARY>                                 (4,200)
<CHANGES>                                       (9,400)
<NET-INCOME>                                    78,200
<EPS-PRIMARY>                                     0.73<F5>
<EPS-DILUTED>                                     0.73<F6>
<FN>
<F1>
TOTAL COSTS INCLUDE COST OF GOODS SOLD, S,G&A EXPENSES AND AMORTIZATION EXPENSE
OF $719,000, $292,500 AND $13,500, RESPECTIVELY.

<F2>
INTEREST EXPENSE, NET, INCLUDES INTEREST EXPENSE, INTEREST INCOME FROM HUSSMANN
INTERNATIONAL, INC. ("HUSSMANN") AND MIDAS, INC.("MIDAS") AND OTHER INTEREST
INCOME OF $93,000, $16,200 AND $7,800, RESPECTIVELY.  INTEREST INCOME FROM
HUSSMANN AND MIDAS RELATED TO INTERCOMPANY LOANS AND ADVANCES.  THE RELATED
INTEREST EXPENSE RECORDED BY HUSSMANN AND MIDAS IS INCLUDED IN INCOME (LOSS)
FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS.

<F3>
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS IS REDUCED BY MINORITY INTEREST OF $15,100. 

<F4>
IN DECEMBER 1997, HUSSMANN AND MIDAS WERE RECLASSIFIED TO DISCONTINUED 
OPERATIONS.  INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS WAS REPORTED NET OF INCOME
TAX PROVISIONS OF $54,400.

<F5>
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE:

CONTINUING OPERATIONS    $ 0.28
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS    0.58
EXTRAORDINARY LOSS        (0.04)
CUMULATIVE EFFECT         (0.09) 
NET INCOME               $ 0.73

<F6>
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE:

CONTINUING OPERATIONS    $ 0.28
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS    0.58
EXTRAORDINARY LOSS        (0.04)
CUMULATIVE EFFECT         (0.09) 
NET INCOME               $ 0.73 
</FN>
        

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